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Cockfight Erupts in Philippines;
Stakes Are Hardly Chicken Feed

By

James Hookway Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated June 21, 1999 12:01 a.m. ET

MANILA, Philippines -- A power struggle is under way here to revise the pecking order among bird foods.

This is no ordinary bird food. It is fare like Thunderbird, made by United Laboratories, which is designed to be fed to fighting roosters. But this year, a rival bird food came to town: Rooster Booster, from Purina Philippines.